The U.S. Has Taken More Than 3,700 Children From Their Parents — and Has No Plan for Returning Them
The U.S. has created a bureaucratic nightmare for families whose children have been taken away from them.
The War on Immigrants
The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines — exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
Trump Cabinet’s Bible Study Minister Justifies Child Separation as Consequence of Immigrants’ “Illegal Behavior”
Some members of the Christian right expressed reservations about Donald Trump's hard-line policies, but not those closest to the administration.
Desperate Asylum-Seekers Are Being Turned Away by U.S. Border Agents Claiming There’s “No Room”
The practice of turning away asylum-seekers at the border has suddenly become routine, in defiance of U.S. and international law.
Voices
The Misogynistic Logic of Jeff Sessions’s Horrifying New Asylum Policy For Domestic Violence Victims
Attorney General Jeff Sessions dismissed domestic violence as a “private” crime — compounding his anti-immigrant stance with misogyny.
Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Crackdown Won’t Stop Border Crossings but It Could Break the Courts
There’s no evidence hard-line that immigration enforcement deters border crossers. The administration is cracking down anyway.
She Was Kidnapped by Guerrillas and Forced to Work. That Qualifies as Material Support for Terrorism, According to Immigration Ruling
The broad application of material support in an immigration case echoes the way that the law has long been used and abused in U.S. District Courts.
1,358 Children and Counting — Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Border Policy Is Separating Families at Staggering Rates
The number of families ripped apart over a recent two-week period was the same as the total for the preceding seven months.
ICE Detention Center Is Creating Obstacles to Ramadan Observance for Muslim Detainees, Lawyers Say
Muslims held by ICE at the Glades County Detention Center in Florida say they are being discriminated against on account of their religion.
Border Patrol Continues to Exaggerate Danger to Agents to Justify Violence Against Immigrants
New FBI data on assaults against Border Patrol agents shows a 22 percent drop in the number of agents injured.
Hidden Horrors of "Zero Tolerance" — Mass Trials and Children Taken From Their Parents
All along the border, immigrants coming into the U.S. — even those applying for asylum at ports of entry — have had their children removed from them.